J.L. Schellenberg

Canadian philosopher of religion best known for developing the argument from divine hiddenness and for advocating a form of ‘skeptical religion’; author of works including Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason and The Wisdom to Doubt.

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  1. 1. The Hiddenness Argument

    Philosophy's New Challenge to Belief in God

    Argues that the widespread existence of nonresistant nonbelief—sincere, open individuals who lack belief through no fault of their own—counts strongly against the existence of a perfectly loving God. It contends that perfect love would ensure the availability of a personal relationship to every capable person, making persistent divine hiddenness unexpected, then examines and critiques major theistic responses (appeals to free will, soul-making, skeptical theism, and claims of culpable doubt), concluding that these do not defuse the evidential force of hiddenness.

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